Fourth National Bank v. City of Greenville
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gagd, J., Greenville, March 'term, 1911. Action by the Fourth National Bank of Greenville against the City of Greenville.
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Before Gagd, J., Greenville, March 'term, 1911. Action by the Fourth National Bank of Greenville against the City of Greenville. The 'Circuit decree is>: “This is an-action at law -to -recover $912.64 tax money, which the -plaintiff claims -the defendants wrongly exacted from- it in the month of May, 1909. “At 'the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony, the defendant offering none, but relying on the same facts proved- by the plaintiff, botín sides moved for the direction of a verdict. “It therefore appeared that there was no issue of fact for •the jury; so I discharged the jury and heard…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This action was instituted in- Lire Court of Common Pleas for'Greenville county on March 5, 1910, for the recovery of $912.64, with interest from May 10, 1909, on account of municipal taxes alleged to have been wrong’ful-ly and unlawfully collected by the defendant from the plaintiff on May 10, 1909, and paid under protest. The plaintiff’s claim is based upon these facts: As a National bank it was organized and1 started business in July, 1908. In February, 1909, it lodged with the county auditor a list of its stockholders, in…
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